Trade paperback (comics)
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| - | '''''Watchmen''''' is a twelve-issue [[comic book]] [[limited series]] written by [[Alan Moore]] and illustrated by [[Dave Gibbons]]. Originally published by [[DC Comics]] as a monthly [[limited series]] from [[1986]] to [[1987]], it was later republished as a [[trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]], which popularized the "[[graphic novel]]" format. After a number of attempts to adapt the series into a feature film, director [[Zack Snyder]]'s ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'' was released in March 2009. | + | In [[comics]], a '''trade paperback''' ('''TPB''' or simply '''trade''') refers to a collection of stories originally published in [[American comic books|comic books]], reprinted in book format, usually capturing one [[story arc]] from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles. Although ''[[trade paperback]]'' is actually a publishing term that refers to any book with a flexible cardstock cover which is larger than the standard [[mass market paperback]] format, comics fans unfamiliar with that meaning have come to use the term to refer to the type of material traditionally sold in comics shops in that format: collected editions of previously-serialized stories. The term '''[[graphic novel]]''' is sometimes used interchangeably, but some people maintain that the terms are distinct. |
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| + | Traditionally, a trade paperback will reproduce the stories at the same size as they were originally presented in comic book format; recently, however, certain trades have been published in a smaller, "digest"-sized format, similar in size to a paperback novel. This smaller size is familiar to readers of similarly-sized Japanese comics, also known as [[manga]]. | ||
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In comics, a trade paperback (TPB or simply trade) refers to a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles. Although trade paperback is actually a publishing term that refers to any book with a flexible cardstock cover which is larger than the standard mass market paperback format, comics fans unfamiliar with that meaning have come to use the term to refer to the type of material traditionally sold in comics shops in that format: collected editions of previously-serialized stories. The term graphic novel is sometimes used interchangeably, but some people maintain that the terms are distinct.
Traditionally, a trade paperback will reproduce the stories at the same size as they were originally presented in comic book format; recently, however, certain trades have been published in a smaller, "digest"-sized format, similar in size to a paperback novel. This smaller size is familiar to readers of similarly-sized Japanese comics, also known as manga.
